Children with spades, planting in the National Forest. Photo: Courtesy of The National Forest.
An Eden in the Midlands? Carol Rowntree Jones considers the National Forest
‘An extraordinary initiative transforming an ordinary place.’
by Carol Rowntree Jones
7th November 2025
The map makers have had to find a new shade of green to show the nearly ten million trees that have been planted in the National Forest over the last thirty years. Funded by public money, and increasing public access by around eighty per cent, this Forest is changing the map of the Midlands forever.
